Dave McGrath Dave McGrath was born in Kingston Ontario, & then moved to Rochester N.Y. when he was two. He began studying music in grammar school, playing slide trombone, singing in school plays,the choir, and playing guitar. After playing in some local bands in high school, and college, he moved to Seattle Washington where he began performing both as a solo artist, as well as with several popular bands. His first band project was a group called "Tribal Therapy" which became very popular throughout the Northwest, touring Washington, Oregon, and California. Some of the high profile shows included performing with the group "Heart", " Alice in Chains" and Michael Hedges. Following a five-year stint with "Tribal Therapy" Dave joined a band called "The Puddle Jumpers" He began performing, and recording with them on their debut CD "Out of the Shadows" which gained them praise from critics, and received significant airplay on college, and non-commercial radio stations throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Dave co-founded an independent record label to promote the debut album, and co-engineered the subsequent two following albums. His songwriting skills continued to grow, as well as his guitar playing, vocals, and stage presence as "The Puddle Jumpers" increasingly performed throughout the Northwest area. In 2001 Dave moved back to Rochester, and formed "Made in the Shade." His goal was to assemble a group of high quality musicians, with energetic stage presence, and perform favorite songs from the past, as well as current rock and pop favorites, while continuing to write, and record original material. In 2003 he completed construction of a state of the art 32 channel recording studio, and has begun production of his debut album due out in March 2005. The full length album will include songs Dave has written recently, as well as some written while in Seattle. Now booking the full band under his own name, and performing many of the originals from the upcoming CD, Dave plans to perform throughout NY, as well as out of State. Memebers of the full band are; Pat Petrone on lead guitar, and vocals, Frank Quagliataon drums and percussion, John Servo on Bass guitar, Mike Van Allen on keys, and Alysia Groth on vocals.